Wednesday, August 20, 2008

-Caspian tiger was the westernmost subspecies of tiger found in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Caucasus, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan -it apparently became extinct in the late 1950s-it have strong legs, large, wide paws, large claws, has a yellow-gold color over the back and flanks, while the sides of the body are lighter than the back and the striping also varies from light to dark brown,chest and abdomen is white with yellow stripes, while the facial area is yellow with brown stripes on the forehead and obvious white patches around the eyes and cheeks-it coloration resemble to Bengal Tiger-male tiger were large and weighed 169-240kg-female tiger were weighed 85-135kg